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drumming102
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May 29, 2016

Adding an inverter off the Distribution block

So, After looking I have a TON of space under my converter/charger on my passport 2920BH.

After looking at the 12v distrobution chart for the fuses it looked like I had quite a few open blocks to tap off of to add a 600W inverter on a short run mounted directly below the converter/charger on the knock out panel.

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Much to my suprise when i took the panel open every block looks wired? Where are these going? are they just spare wires running around? They are not labeled as to what they are going to?



I could just tap into the hot and not in here and add it's own fuse and bypass this panel but I think the install would be cleaner using this panel.

What/where are these spares going to?
  • 2oldman wrote:
    Inverters usually get connected very close to the battery with fat wire.

    Your inverter is capable of pulling 600/12= 50a, which is a lot for a 12v panel. (I don't think those are 51w fuses...lol) With surging for motors, could go higher than that.

    What are you running with the inverter?


    Just small things like a laptop charger and smaller things. Nothing like a hairdryer or things like that.
  • For 600 watts you want to use that connector on the lower left grouped with the black wire for your positive connection. Connect the negative at the ground bus.
  • Inverters usually get connected very close to the battery with fat wire.

    Your inverter is capable of pulling 600/12= 50a, which is a lot for a 12v panel. (I don't think those are 51w fuses...lol) With surging for motors, could go higher than that.

    What are you running with the inverter?

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